50 years of The Deller Consort

50 years of The Deller Consort
The early years 1955-1963
The Deller Consort (with various artists) - Alfred Deller, dir.
Vanguard (Silverminds Music) 99 220

Contents:

    CD-1

    Thomas Tallis: Hymns for alternating plainsong and polyphony
  1. Hymn: Jam Christus astra ascenderat

  2. Thomas Tallis: The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, part I
  3. Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae
    Aleph; Quomodo sedet
    Beth
    Plorans ploravit

  4. Anon.
  5. Sumer is icumen in

  6. William Cornysh
  7. Ah, Robin, gentle Robin

  8. William Cornysh
  9. Hoyda! Jolly Rutterkin

  10. John Wilbye
  11. Sweet honey-sucking bees

  12. John Wilbye
  13. Adieu, sweet Amaryllis

  14. Thomas Morley
  15. April is my mistress face

  16. Thomas Morley
  17. O grief, even on the bud

  18. Clément Jannequin
  19. Au joly boys

  20. Orlande de Lassus
  21. La nuit froide et sombre

  22. Guillaume Costeley
  23. Allons gay bergères

  24. Anon.
  25. Mon coeur se recommande a vous

  26. Thomas Morley, (The First Booke of) Balletts to Five Voyces
  27. Fire!, Fire! (1st verse only)

  28. Francis Pilkington
  29. O softly singing lute

  30. John Dowland
  31. My Lady Hunsdon's Puffe (lute solo)

  32. John Wilbye
  33. Draw on sweet night

  34. Benjamin Rogers
  35. In the merry month of May

  36. Henry Purcell
  37. Sir Walter enjoying his damsel

  38. William Turner
  39. Young Anthony

  40. Anon.
  41. Amo amas, I love a lass

  42. Joseph Barnby
  43. Sweet and low
  44. CD-2

    Carlo Gesualdo
  45. Ecco, morirò dunque
    Hai, gia mi disco loro

  46. Claudio Monteverdi / O. Rinuccini (t)
    Published in Il sesto libro de' madrigali, Venice, 1614

    Lagrime d'amante al sepolcro dell'amata (sv111)
  47. Incenerite spoglie, avara tomba
  48. Ditelo, o fiumi, e voi ch'udiste Glauco
  49. Darà la notte il sol lume alla terra
  50. Ma te raccoglie, o ninfa, in grembo il cielo
  51. O chiome d'or, neve gentil del seno
  52. Dunque, amate reliquie, un mar di pianto

  53. Carlo Gesualdo
  54. Beltà, poi che t'assenti

  55. Claudio Monteverdi / T. Tasso (t)
    Published in Il secondo libro de' madrigali, Venice, 1590

  56. Ecco mormorar l'onde (sv51)

  57. Claudio Monteverdi / Guarini (t)
    Published in Ottavo libro de' madrigali (Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi ...), Venice, 1638

  58. Mentre vaga angioletta (sv157)

  59. Luca Marenzio
  60. Solo e pensoso i più deserti campi

  61. Claudio Monteverdi / Guarini (t)
    Published in Madrigali, libro primo, Venice, 1587

  62. Baci soavi e cari (sv27)

  63. Claudio Monteverdi / Marino (t)
    Published in Ottavo libro de' madrigali (Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi ...), Venice, 1638

    Altri canti di Marte e di sua schiera (sv155)
  64. Part I: Altri canti di Marte e di sua schiera
  65. Part II: Due belli occhi fur l'armi onde trafitto

  66. Carlo Gesualdo
  67. Moro, lasso, al mio duolo

  68. Claudio Monteverdi / Petrarch (t)
    Published in Il sesto libro de' madrigali, Venice, 1614

  69. Zefiro torna e'l bel tempo rimena (sv108)

Playing time: 65' 00" + 66' 03" = 2h 11' 03"

Performers:
[32, 35] Baroque String Ensemble [Neville Marriner (violin), Peter Gibbs (violin), Desmond Dupré (gamba), Francis Baines (violone), Denis Vaughan (harpsichord)]
[1-15, 17, 24-34, 35, 37-38] Maurice Bevan (baritone, baritone-bass)
[1-10, 13-15, 17, 23, 31, 32, 34, 35] Wilfred Brown (tenor)
[17, 32, 35] April Cantelo (soprano)
[1-13-15, 17-30-31, 32-35, 37-38] Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)
[16] Desmond Dupré (gamba)
[1-10, 13-15, 17, 23, 31, 32, 34, 35] Gerald English (tenor)
[3-5, 18-22] Edgar Fleet (tenor)
[1-2, 32, 35, 18-22] John Frosst (bass)
[3-5] Owen Grundy (baritone)
[11, 30] Sally Le Sage (soprano)
[1, 17, 32, 35] Eileen McLoughlin (soprano)
[6-10, 13-15, 23, 31, 34] Eileen Poulter (soprano)
[11-12, 24-30, 33, 37-38] Honor Shepphard (soprano)
[6-10, 12-15, 23-29, 31, 33-34, 37-38] Mary Thomas (soprano)
[12, 24-29, 33, 37-38] Robert Tear (tenor)
[11, 30] Philip Todd (tenor)
[11-12, 24-30, 33, 37-38] Max Worthley (tenor)

Recording site and date:
See links below [1955-1963], rel. 2000

Excerpts from (original recording)
[1]-[2] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-551 [LP, mono] Thomas Tallis: The Lamentations of Jeremiah & 5 hymns (Cantiones Sacrae)
[3], [22] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-602 [LP, mono] Tavern Songs Vol. II A collection of catch and glees both ribald and refined
[4]-[5], [18]-[21] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-561 [LP, mono] Tavern Songs Catches and Glees and other diverse entertainment of merrie England
[6]-[7] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-554 [LP, mono] The English Madrigal School vol. 2
[8]-[9], [14] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-577 [LP, mono] The English Madrigal School, vol. 3 - Thomas Morley
[10], [13], [23], [31], [34] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-604 [LP, mono] Madrigals Masterpieces - The Renaissance in France, Italy and England
[11], [30] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BGS-671 [LP, stereo] Madrigal Masterpieces, vol. 3 - Lamento d'Arianna and other madrigals
[12], [24]-[29], [33], [37], [38] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-639 [LP, mono] Madrigal Masterpieces vol. 2
[15] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-624 [LP, mono] The Silver Swan and other masterpieces of the Elizabethan and Jacobean Madrigal - Madrigals of Gibbons, Byrd, Ward and Pilkington
[16] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-539 [LP, mono] Elizabethan and Jacobean Music - Airs and Instrumental Music of England
[17] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-578 [LP, mono] The English Madrigal School, vol. 4 - John Wilbye
[32], [35]-[36] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-579 [LP, mono] Monteverdi - Madrigali Amorosi

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Early Music America (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):
Goldberg (#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 78/932-98 (october 2000)

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Pierre-F. Roberge